Saying or turn of phrase?

[poshcat]

I'm looking for a saying that has the same meaning as "I might have been born...but I wasn't born yesterday." That doesn't really make a lot of sense, and the saying I'm grasping for is either the same one said better, or a different one altogether that gets across the same idea. Thanks for your help!

Comments

[darth_tigger]

Where I'm from we'd say "I'm not as green as I'm cabbage looking." Might be a bit regional though!

[nabradia]

That is exactly the phrase I thought of, so I'll second that one, haha!

[poshcat]

Haha, that is great and hilarious, although what the heck does it mean (literally, not figuratively)?! Cabbage looking. Heeeeeeeee. Thanks for your help!

[darth_tigger]

Literally, just "You might think I look like a green leafy vegetable, but I'm not actually green as in naive, young, gullible." I think. No-one's ever spelled it out to me before so I'm making assumptions!

[help_me_mary]

i like to say "i may have been born at night, but it wasn't last night"

[vanillafluffy]

This. I heard a version where the speaker said, "I guess that would make me a day old...if I was born yesterday."

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[poshcat]

Ooh, that's a good one. Thanks for the variable.

[adafrog]

Good one.

[helenajust]

I've only ever heard this as "I wasn't born yesterday!" meaning "of course I know that!".

[helenajust]

Just Googled it, and "I wasn't born yesterday" is said to mean "you won't fool me with that", or you'll have to come up with a better excuse, because I know that's not true.

[adafrog]

I've said 'I may have been born at night, but it wasn't last night."

[poshcat]

See, I just should have just phoned and asked you. :0P Thanks, that's the answer I needed.